Node.js Date does not consider DST (daylight saving time) - node.js

Question

I'm living in Vancouver, west coast of North America, Canada. The original timezone here is PST (pacific standard time, UTC - 8h), but it's now PDT (pacific daylight time, UTC - 7h) since the daylight saving time has started.
The problem is that Node.js uses the original non-DST time, while Ubuntu returns DST.
In the following, both should be 21:44.
$ echo `date` , `node -e "console.log(new Date().toString())"`
Mon May 25 21:44:57 DST 2020 , Mon May 25 2020 20:44:57 GMT-0800 (GMT-08:00)
Why does this happen? How to let Node.js recognize DST?
I use Noce.js v12.16.3 on Ubuntu 18.04.4 as WSL on Windows 10. (Node.js v12.16.3 for Windows works correctly.) TZ env is not set.
UPDATE I don't want to install external libraries.

Answer 1

A more accurate library would be moment.js. You can set the time to recognize DST like this:
moment(timestamp).tz(timezone).isDST()
Here is an example:
moment(1451624400000).tz('America/New_York').isDST();
You can read more about recognized timestamps and timezones in the documentation on the website that I linked above.

Answer 2

My test shows that node does honor daylight saving time:
$ date; node -e "console.log(new Date().toString())";
Fri Jul 17 23:13:32 EDT 2020
Fri Jul 17 2020 23:13:32 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
$ date --date='Fri Jul 17 2020 23:13:32 GMT-0400'
Fri Jul 17 23:13:32 EDT 2020
$ node -v
v10.21.0
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Release: 20.04
Codename: focal